Production Assistant

Job Description

Freelance Production Assistant

Marquee Sports Network is looking for a team-first, ambitious, and creative Production Assistant to help create content for our broadcast platform. The PA will work under award-winning Producers and alongside all members of our energetic and fun production staff to assist in accomplishing our daily tasks under tight deadlines.

Primary Responsibilities
• Bring a positive and creative attitude daily
• Pitching creative ideas to enhance all aspects of our broadcasts
• Logging and archiving video
• Editing video elements for on-air product
• Assisting editors in finding specific video and sound for higher end montages
• Creating highlights for our shows along with writing shot-sheet for on-air personalities

Minimum Requirements
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience is preferred
• Video editing experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Excels under tight deadlines
• Organized with an attention to detail
• Team player, willing to collaborate and take direction from producers
• Ambitious to learn and expand skillset when receiving training
• Must be willing to work weekends, nights and some holidays (schedule built around live sporting event hours)
• Knowledge of sports gambling preferred but not required
• BA in Digital Media, Broadcasting, Journalism is preferred
• Demonstrate the ability to work calmly under a pressurized live television environment.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Possess the visual acuity to work in darkened edit rooms for extended periods of time to produce required content.
• Possess auditory acuity to effectively listen to instructions via intercom system, phones, etc.

Possess the manual dexterity to effectively operate keyboard/mouse on computers, edit equipment, etc.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r07q9j-18-221-208-183-42 in your application.